The purpose of this article is not to draw a comparison, but to enlighten people of the health benefits that alternative medicine has to offer over conventional medicine. Most conventional medicine practices aim at addressing a disease or an ailment based on its symptoms. For example, you have a cough or a cold and you…

Modern technology has allowed for many medical miracles in a variety of fields. One medical development allows for any woman to have a child, regardless of her relationships or status. Sperm banks, like European Sperm Bank USA, are a major source for women and couples of all forms to help in the conception of a…

Before the advent of antibiotic, it was not unusual for an experienced medical professional to even slather honey on a wound to prevent infection and hasten healing. Honey has been used as a folk medicine for many different purposes: as a laxative, as a cure for diarrhea and upset stomach, for coughs and sore throats.…

There's a catch phase, "better living through chemistry" used to exalt the wonders of modern medicine to aid man kind. Yet, many of these medicines would not be possible without our medicinal plants. Nearly forty percent of all prescribed medicines are derived from plants and fungi or are designed from naturally occurring chemical compounds. Many…

Perhaps one of the most dangerous eating disorders is anorexia nervosa, which is when a person usually has a distorted image of their body. Sufferers of the psychiatric diagnosis are well below the average body weight and often voluntarily take various weight control measures. For example, those who are anorexic often take diet pills, purposely…

This includes wanting to know whether or not they are predisposed to getting a certain disease or disorder. Cancer is one disease about which people wonder. After all, in our current society we are suffering from a cancer epidemic. More and more people are getting cancer everyday and there are those who would prefer to…

Managing an organization that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities is, in my opinion, a difficult task. Managing the organization can be facilitated by employing an array of systems that, in many ways, protect the organization's operations. I believe that every organization in the developmental disability field, irrespective of its size, should have these…

The leading cause of death for children age 2 to 14 is motor vehicle accidents. Every day in the United States, 5 children are killed in a car crash, and in 2008, more than 900 children died and 168,000 were injured in a car accident. Unfortunately, a large number of these deaths could have been…

If you have been diagnosed with Graves’ Disease, want to avoid taking medication if at all possible, and don’t even want to consider treating your condition with radioactive iodine, then the information you’re about to read can be life changing. I am a licensed healthcare professional and was personally diagnosed with Graves’ Disease. Knowing that…

SL came to see me in March 2002 because she wanted some changes in her life and mostly because she wanted to see if EFT would help her with the epileptic seizures she had experienced for the past 10 years. Even though SL was on medication she still continued to experience seizures approximately fortnightly. SL…

According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people die worldwide of Stroke. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are permanently disabled. In Europe, an average of 650,000 stroke-related deaths is recorded each year. In recent reports, incidence of stroke has considerably decreased over the past few years. This has been attributed…

There are several symptoms that may indicate that you are suffering from insomnia. Do you find it difficult to concentrate on work during the day? Are you experiencing daytime irritability, fatigue, or drowsiness? Do you wake up too early in the morning? Do you rely on alcohol or sleeping pills to get your sleep at…

Mass shootings occur with such frequency that the American public is becoming numb to them. In this piece I will be talking about mass shootings and mental illness. Acts of terrorism such as in Paris or San Bernardino are acts of religious zealotry and do not belong in this discussion. Mass shooting is defined as…

Chronic headache treatment is possible as there are a variety of preventive medications available. Here are the medications your doctor may recommend. Antidepressants Antidepressants such as Amitriptyline (Aventyl), nortriptyline (Pamelor) and other tricyclic antidepressants are the most widely used treatments for all forms of these headaches. These medications are valuable because they also help treat…

Everyone loses hair every day. Doctors even say that it is normal to lose 100 strands daily. Still, many worry when it comes to hair loss. There are reasons why some should worry especially if a person has a hair disease. Common hair diseases that are related to scalp infections are either caused by fungus,…